ईजे च क्रतुभिर्घोरैर्दीक्षित: पशुमारकै: । देवान् पितृन् भूतपतीन्नानाकामो यथा भवान् ॥ ११ ॥
ije ca kratubhir ghorair diksitah pasu-marakaih devan pitrn bhuta-patin nana-kamo yatha bhavan
- ije
- he worshiped
- ca
- also
- kratubhih
- by sacrifices
- ghoraih
- ghastly
- diksitah
- inspired
- pasu-marakaih
- wherein poor animals are killed
- devan
- the demigods
- pitrn
- forefathers
- bhuta-patin
- great leaders of human society
- nana
- various
- kamah
- having desires
- yatha
- like
- bhavan
- you.
The great sage Narada continued: My dear King Pracinabarhisat, like you King Puranjana also became implicated in so many desires. Thus he worshiped demigods, forefathers and social leaders with various sacrifices which were all very ghastly because they were inspired by the desire to kill animals.